Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 382 417 601
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.68% 11.98% 16.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.13% 39.15% 49.75%
Number of salaries quoted 254 288 553
10th Percentile £24,300 £26,250 £28,050
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,189 1,065 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.02% 30.59% 32.32%
Number of salaries quoted 584 566 1,068
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £51,975 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +3.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -14 105 £55,000 +10.00% 86
Cambridgeshire +13 96 £50,000 +33.33% 58
Bedfordshire +7 60 £14,000 -72.00% 43
Essex -6 60 £32,500 -35.64% 66
Suffolk +23 33 £45,000 +36.36% 34
Norfolk -4 24 £60,000 +87.50% 45
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 11
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.57%) WordPress
4 5 (1.31%) Confluence
5 4 (1.05%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 49 (12.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 122 (31.94%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (21.47%) AWS
3 74 (19.37%) Power Platform
4 62 (16.23%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.81%) Azure AI
6 20 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 18 (4.71%) GCP
7 18 (4.71%) GitHub
7 18 (4.71%) PowerApps
7 18 (4.71%) SaaS
8 16 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.93%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.66%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.62%) IaaS
11 10 (2.62%) PaaS
12 8 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.09%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.83%) Serverless
14 6 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.31%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 75 (19.63%) Firewall
2 30 (7.85%) DHCP
3 29 (7.59%) TCP/IP
4 27 (7.07%) DNS
5 26 (6.81%) WAN
6 25 (6.54%) VPN
7 21 (5.50%) LAN
8 16 (4.19%) Internet
9 14 (3.66%) VLAN
10 11 (2.88%) Wireless
11 10 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.62%) WLAN
12 9 (2.36%) SAN
13 6 (1.57%) IP Telephony
13 6 (1.57%) Network Security
14 4 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (1.05%) DMZ
14 4 (1.05%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.79%) VoIP
16 1 (0.26%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.97%) Power BI
2 28 (7.33%) Tableau
3 24 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.62%) MySQL
6 7 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.57%) Redis
8 4 (1.05%) Big Data
8 4 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (1.05%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.05%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.79%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 18 (4.71%) Git
2 8 (2.09%) JIRA
3 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) MSTest
4 2 (0.52%) NUnit
4 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.52%) TestNG
5 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.99%) Finance
3 19 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.19%) Law
5 15 (3.93%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.88%) Multimedia
6 11 (2.88%) Publishing
7 8 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.09%) Retail
8 7 (1.83%) Legal
9 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.05%) Automotive
11 4 (1.05%) Back Office
12 3 (0.79%) Marketing
12 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.52%) Advertising
13 2 (0.52%) Electronics
13 2 (0.52%) Local Government
13 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (21.73%) Analyst
2 62 (16.23%) IT Support
3 52 (13.61%) Junior
4 48 (12.57%) Junior Analyst
5 37 (9.69%) Architect
6 35 (9.16%) Developer
7 34 (8.90%) Senior
8 30 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (7.85%) Support Analyst
9 29 (7.59%) IT Engineer
10 27 (7.07%) Support Engineer
11 26 (6.81%) 2nd Line Support
12 24 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 24 (6.28%) Data Analyst
12 24 (6.28%) Junior Data Analyst
12 24 (6.28%) Junior Security Analyst
12 24 (6.28%) Security Analyst
13 22 (5.76%) Azure Engineer
14 21 (5.50%) IT Support Engineer
15 20 (5.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.28%) .NET
2 21 (5.50%) CSS
3 13 (3.40%) HTML
4 11 (2.88%) React
5 10 (2.62%) REST
6 8 (2.09%) jQuery
7 7 (1.83%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.83%) Vue
8 5 (1.31%) Web Services
9 4 (1.05%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.05%) NumPy
9 4 (1.05%) Pandas
9 4 (1.05%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.05%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.05%) SignalR
9 4 (1.05%) SOAP
9 4 (1.05%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.79%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.79%) Blazor
10 3 (0.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.09%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.09%) IoT
5 7 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.05%) Blog
7 4 (1.05%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.05%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.05%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 121 (31.68%) Windows
2 93 (24.35%) Windows Server
3 25 (6.54%) Windows 10
4 23 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (3.66%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.40%) Linux
8 7 (1.83%) Android
9 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.05%) VMS
10 2 (0.52%) Unix
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (16.75%) Business Intelligence
4 59 (15.45%) Mentoring
5 57 (14.92%) Customer Service
6 51 (13.35%) Agile
7 50 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (12.83%) AI
8 49 (12.83%) ITIL
9 40 (10.47%) Analytics
10 38 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (9.69%) Roadmaps
12 36 (9.42%) CI/CD
12 36 (9.42%) DevOps
12 36 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (6.54%) Software Engineering
13 25 (6.54%) Technology Roadmap
14 23 (6.02%) Service Delivery
15 22 (5.76%) ERP
15 22 (5.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.45%) Python
2 57 (14.92%) SQL
3 44 (11.52%) PowerShell
4 35 (9.16%) C#
5 24 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.66%) PHP
7 10 (2.62%) Java
7 10 (2.62%) R
8 8 (2.09%) C++
9 6 (1.57%) Bash
9 6 (1.57%) VBScript
10 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.79%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (21.73%) Azure Certification
2 55 (14.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (10.21%) Degree
4 27 (7.07%) CompTIA Security+
5 26 (6.81%) AWS Certification
5 26 (6.81%) Security Cleared
6 24 (6.28%) CompTIA CySA+
7 23 (6.02%) DBS Check
8 21 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (4.19%) CCNA
10 16 (4.19%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (3.93%) SC Cleared
12 13 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 8 (2.09%) MCSA
15 7 (1.83%) A+ Certification
15 7 (1.83%) CCNP
16 6 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.62%) GDPR
4 7 (1.83%) NIST
5 6 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.57%) QA
6 4 (1.05%) GRC
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (1.05%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.05%) NCSC
6 4 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 21 (5.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.40%) Docker
4 13 (3.40%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.57%) vSphere
6 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (14.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.88%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.36%) SCCM
4 8 (2.09%) Terraform
5 6 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.57%) Ansible
6 4 (1.05%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.52%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 234 (61.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.85%) VMware
3 24 (6.28%) ForeScout
4 18 (4.71%) SAP
5 17 (4.45%) Cisco
6 16 (4.19%) Fortinet
7 14 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.40%) Palo Alto
9 11 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (2.88%) Workday
10 7 (1.83%) Apple
10 7 (1.83%) Google
10 7 (1.83%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.57%) Aruba
11 6 (1.57%) Databricks
11 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.57%) Veeam
12 5 (1.31%) Dell
12 5 (1.31%) DevExpress
12 5 (1.31%) Oracle